Morningstar Sustainalytics Names Jodie Tapscott as Head of Climate and Nature Solutions

ESG research and ratings provider Morningstar Sustainalytics has appointed Jodie Tapscott as head of climate and nature solutions, with responsibility for leading the company's climate and nature product strategy, development and delivery. Tapscott returns to Sustainalytics after nearly five years at an investment manager, where she most recently served as Director of Responsible Investing Strategy and Portfolio Solutions.

In her new role, Tapscott will oversee investment-focused research, metrics, data and reporting solutions that help investors understand risks, opportunities, impacts and dependencies across climate and nature, with a focus on driving innovation at the intersection of climate mitigation, adaptation and nature resilience. Morningstar Sustainalytics' existing climate and nature suite includes carbon emissions data, low carbon transition ratings, physical climate risk measures and nature-related datasets, embedded across its broader research, regulatory and stewardship offerings as well as net-zero and biodiversity-focused index solutions.

Tapscott's prior tenure at Sustainalytics included serving as Director, Client Relations and Head of Asia Pacific ex Japan, with responsibility for business development, client relations and ESG research for the region. Her Asia Pacific background is particularly relevant given the growth in sustainability-focused investment activity in markets including India, where institutional investors are increasingly seeking granular climate and nature risk data for portfolio management and regulatory compliance purposes.

The appointment comes at what Sustainalytics describes as a vital industry juncture, as the ISSB begins developing nature-related disclosure standards and investor demand for biodiversity and nature metrics accelerates. Tapscott will report to incoming President David Pagliaro and will focus on innovating Sustainalytics' product offering at the intersection of climate mitigation, physical risk and nature—an increasingly complex analytical space as regulatory frameworks for nature disclosure converge with those for climate. For Indian institutional investors facing growing expectations from foreign capital providers to demonstrate nature risk awareness, Sustainalytics' expanded offering will be directly relevant.

Key figure — Morningstar Sustainalytics holds climate and nature data products across 185 countries